Stories and experiences

Hi Guys, I am from South Africa and decided to quit smoking a month ago. I am proud to say that I have not touched a cigarette for an entire month. My withdrawal symptoms have been really bad. The second week into quitting my sinuses started acting up and I have never suffered with it before. My body felt light and weak my brain felt like it was going to explode with the built-up pressure. My leg...

Hi all, well, I am starting to get quietly thrilled to be not being addicted to smoking. This is about my 10th attempt over 35 years nd this time is different, I have zero desire to smoke, my previous attempts involved pretty much having the odd cigarette here and there and pretending I was not slipping up. This time, I have changed up my daily routine to include taking more time to prepare mysel...

I am just wondering if it’s normal to loose your voice after quitting or being on CHAMPIX?

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Hi everyone again. I find this forum very useful and I like sharing my experience with people who really understand the struggle. 3 weeks ago I posted about the Day 3 struggle. I feel strong and happy as a non smoker for a few days and then the dreaded Day 3 or 4 hits and I lose strength. I can literally identify times when my mind starts to question the logic to quitting and any bump in the ...

I am glad to be part of this community. I have tried to quit smoking many times. I did quit and didn't smoke for 14 years. I stayed quit because I got pneumonia and bronchitis. I started smoking again when I thought I had this licked and could just smoke a few and then be done. NOT! I tried again many times and did stay quit but only when I was in the hospital. Now I have lung problems aga...

Hello, I’m almost 2 moths in smoke free. But seem to be having more than usual heart palpitations.. anybody have palpitations after quitting sometimes they can be irritating

So this morning I have smoked my last cigarette. I’m on night shift so about to go to sleep. Everything worked out really well in terms of timing. I finished Allen Carr program and finished my packet of cigarettes around the same time. By this point on CHAMPIX, I felt pretty sick as I was smoking. I’m contemplating telling my GP I want to stop CHAMPIX at the initiation stage as I have 2 w...

I decided to quit smoking becsuse of the cost of cigarettes. After starting Champix I didn't smoke as much per day (usually I can smoke up to 20 a day) my night ones ceased and my first one I usually had when I got up of a morning was around 9.00 am instead of 6.00 pm. I maybe smoked 3-5 a day and when I smoked my last one, whenever I felt like one, I'd tell myself I didn't want one. I find tha...

Am 30 years old from Ghana I had quit smoking since,6 months now with many anxiety and shortness of breath, body aches, chest pains, tingling in my foot and hands, but am a lot better now but still having shortness of breath and feeling week all the time with panic attacks, let’s hand num sometime I had a lot of text chest x ray, ecg liver text cholesterols text blood text and urine all normal am...